Powered Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers 40W Record Player Speakers with 2 75 Inch Woofer Stereo Speakers with Optical AUX

I don't know what to say about these speakers as I'm simply blown away. The price is $10 higher at $50 than when I bought them in late April. But they are still a bargain. (A price rise because of tariffs?) This will be a long review as I want to explain not only about the excellent sound quality, irrespective of the price, but also why they are so versatile, as I have a very unusual application. I bought my first HiFi components more than 50 years ago, and I have just repurchased the same components I had in college back in 1975; a Technics SA-8000X 4-channel quadraphonic receiver and an SL-1300 direct drive turntable. I have just returned to vinyl and wanted to take the preamp output of the SA-8000X and run it through a Bluetooth transmitter ($25) to the DS6701NP speakers. And using the same Bluetooth transmitter, I streamed the sound to an excellent $125 Rockville Rock Shaker 8 Classic Wood, 8" Powered Subwoofer. Here's how it works as the low-frequency roll off of this set of satellite speakers mates perfectly (using the included remote control) to the subwoofer, resulting in a perfect match with the built-in high-pass crossover set at 60 Hz. And here's where the rubber meets the musical road. Often, you will hear someone talking about a speaker's musicality and the little powerhouses deliver in spades. For this review, I unwrapped two still-sealed LPs: the Beatles Hard Day's Night soundtrack from 1964 and Fleetwood Mac's best-selling Rumours from 1977, two albums I must have played hundreds of times over the last 50 years. On Hard Days Night, my two favorite tracks are I Should Have Known Better and I'll Be Back. Let me start with I'll Be Back. John's voice is crystal clear and is in perfect sync with his acoustic guitar. The bass is almost overpowering with the little Rockville 8-inch subwoofer. Listening to the combination put a smile on my face as it transported me back to my dorm room five decades ago. I'll Be Back gives the listener a preview of what is to come with Rubber Soul and Revolver, less than two years later, easily the most mature track on the album from a songwriting perspective. And then there's I Should Have Known Better. I was simply stunned. This is one of my five favorite Beatles recordings from the pre-Sgt. Pepper era. My memories of this track go back even further, to seeing Hard Day's Night in a theater with my nine-year-old cousin in the Fall of 1964. For a recording from so early in the Beatles' career, it is a pinnacle of Beatlemania output. Again, the midrange clarity was completely unexpected, a quality that belies these speakers' modest price. For shits and giggles I synced-up the LP with a video of railway car sequence from Hard Day's Night and watched it with the audio from the record. It was simply wonderful. Over the years I've had many satellite speaker systems dating all the way back to 1977 when I had a set of Braun mini speakers in tandem with a very early M&K 12-inch subwoofer. I easily had the best sound system on campus (I was selling HiFi components on campus, and that business literally paid for my undergraduate degree), and my classmates were simply blown away by the sound coming from the mini speaker with the subwoofer tucked away in the corner of the room. The only area where these speakers fall short is how loud they play. But it's not really fair to compare them to setups using a separate receiver producing 70 watts per channel RMS power like the Marantz 2270 I had at the time. But at a very respectable volume and properly setting up the levels coming from the Bluetooth transmitter and the volume controls on the speakers, I couldn't drive the speakers to produce audible distortion, especially in the upper mid-range frequencies. On to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. After unwrapping the brand new album on Coke-bottle clear vinyl ($16 from Amazon, which is the best bargain I've seen for a new vinyl LP), I cued up Go Your Own Way, which is, in my opinion, the most memorable track. There is so much going on; vocals, instruments, the low-frequency foundation from the bass and drums, and the details from 100 Hz to over 15 kHz reminded me of studio monitors I've listened to over the years. Lindsey Buckingham's guitar work was so detailed that I thought I was listening to a pair of $1,000 bookshelf speakers. Just to reinforce my evaluation, I found the track on YouTube from Fleetwood Mac's 1999 tour, a concert I attended in Los Angeles. The track on YouTube has been viewed 51 million times so I know I'm not the only one who loves the track. Even though I've listened to this track many, many times, these little speakers handled Buckingham's guitar solo so well. Watching and listening, I felt that Fleetwood Mac was at the top of their game with this performance. If you are considering a soundbar, forget about it. Pick up a set of these speakers and mate them to something like the Rockville subwoofer as I have. I'm thinking of buying a second set and setting up a proper 1970s-style quad system, all for way less than $500. If you haven't already bought a turntable and don't want to go the vintage route as I have, I've found a killer $100 turntable that I just set up, the 1 by One belt drive turntable that has an amazing tonearm for the price with a decidedly retro look. I can't think of a better way to spend $500 for a complete with four satellites with one subwoofer that will provide satisfactory listening levels in all but the biggest home listening environments. I hope you enjoyed this review. I might have gotten a bit carried away but having fooled around with HiFi gear for more than five decades, I think don't think that these speakers will disappoint you. Read more

Nice aesthetics, very good sound, nice compact speakers provide a good base punch. Extremely convenient with Bluetooth but also has option for hard wiring. Do not expect theater like sound, the nice thing about these speakers you won't have to deal with tons of wires. These are nice stereo speakers for a corner of a room or a small apartment. I used them to play classical music very low when I'm reading in the corner of my living room. But when I'm cleaning I am blasting them and they sound great. Read more

The speakers are advertised as 40w but the math doesn't work. They might as well say that they are 4000 watts... The power supply clearly says 17.5V and 1.1A. Volts * Amps = Watts. 17.5 * 1.1A =19.8 watts at 100 percent efficiency (which is impossible) That means it's impossible for the speakers to even have10 watts per channel. Other then that, I think they look good and are a good value for the money. They are easy to setup and connect to with Bluetooth. The remote is handy but no really needed with the functionality of the Bluetooth. Read more

As a "reveal", I am a "child of Studio 54, the Paladium and various clubs of the 1970s and 80s NYC" so my review here can be based on the "sound" I've been accustomed to from those "old days". In my day, house budgets always included music and equipment, but then, that was "the time" and given a choice between groceries and music, music always won out. That said, I was admittedly nervous about trying these speakers. I'd bought other "sound bars" and the likes over the years and each time, rather sorely disappointed in the quality of sound they produced. All of them sounded no better than early 1990s "computer speakers", as if the were little more than the old "tin cans connected by string" (some of you will understand that, I'm sure). Well, happily, these speakers have already been MORE than I could have imagined! I was impressed by the weight, first of all. They're hefty, sturdy, attractive and obviously well-constructed. Wiring (connecting them together and to the power source) was most intuitive. Left and right connected, the "power" clearly indicated. I wanted to use my old "iPod" for tghe music and the "input" for that was obvious too. From box to shelf and ready was under 15 minutes. The test came with a variety of different styles of music and my collection ranges from the 1930s through 2025. "Swing", "ballads", "Rock'n'Roll", "R&B", "Soul", "Disco", "Classical", "Baroque", "Country", contemporary, "Indie", "Folk" and on, vocals and instrumentals. I tried a bit of each and though the out-put isn't as wall-buckling as the old "furniture-style" speakers we used to have (where you oculd use them as plant stands or end tables), the sound out of these little speakers is IMPRESSIVE! (So I wouldn't recommend putting them on a "shared" wall in an apartment because I've no doubt the folks next door WILL, undoubtedly know when you're listening and what you're listening to with no trouble.) The only minor disappointments: the instructions aren't at all clear because they reference different models so even the illustrations can be a bit confusing, there's a sheet that printed in the faintest "grey" so the information is difficult to read, the bass IS rather HEAVY and the "adjustments" for that rely on the "remote"... 2 AAA NOT included and there isn't really much of an adjustment - the bass IS HEAVY. There's no "fine tuning/equalizer" so if you need more treble or the likes, there's no way of adjusting that. Minor "cons" that mean nothing over all. And I like that there's a volume adjustment on the speakers as well as on the remote and the remote is a special nicety because, if there's any need for an immediate "silence", no need to go running, as long as the remote's handy. Bottom line: I honestly couldn't be happier with this purchase and if you're looking for a low-cost, high-quality little speaker, I'll surely recommend these. A definite "buy with confidence". PS: Thanks to all who responded to my question about the "tinny" sound. You were all a great help and spot-on. Read more